Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics is an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1946. As of December 2017, the Celtics was the most successful franchise in NBA history, having won 17 championships, accounting for 24.3% of all NBA championships since the league's founding. The Celtics had a notable rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers, playing the Lakers a record 12 times in the NBA Finals. Four Celtics players (Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Dave Cowens, and Larry Bird) won the MVP award a record 10 times each, and the Celtics struggled during the 1990s before Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen led the Celtics to victory in the 2008 NBA Finals.